Of Mahindra, Monsters and Miracles

When I saw that Indiblogger was running a Mahindra XUV500 Incredible Stories contest I knew I had to share my own incredible road story about our beloved Mahindra SUV aka 'Monster'.

There is a huge amount of emotion, sentiment and superstition that comes with your first car. Not just the first car your family owned, but the first car that was YOURS. Only and exclusively yours. Bought with your hard-earned money. Or with blood-sucking EMIs as in most cases.

The day the 'Monster' came home...

So our first car was a beautiful, gorgeous black Mahindra Scorpio bought just 6 months after we got married. It was a BIG DEAL. Yup, in capitals! I remember the looooong fights Sid and I had before we actually decided on the Scorpio – coz the EMI of the car was more than the EMI of our 1 bhk home loan and I totally didn’t see the need to buy an SUV at that stage. Our careers were just taking off, we were still doing up our new home slowly and there seemed to be too many expenses and responsibilities. But boys will be boys and Sid’s passion and love for this car left no room for argument. It was a simple case of want over need. And so the Scorpio was welcomed (grudgingly by me) into our lives.

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We are the “online” generation. Really. From teenagers who say “OMG” instead of “Oh My God” to paying bills via internet banking, from FB chats and gtalk instead of writing letters and making phone calls, to browsing catalogues online instead of walking to your nearest mall – we do every single thing online! The internet is our very own Magic Wand; one wave and we enter the fairy tale land of our dreams…

Take this blog even… instead of the old fashioned way of maintaining recipe diaries with clippings and hand-written recipes, we now have food blogs that are all about storing measures and ingredients online for posterity. But no, I have nothing against this internet age.  In fact, I too have discovered the joys of shopping online recently and must admit that it is quite addictive! Designer brands, cool accessories, great discounts and the ease of sitting at home and having stuff delivered at your doorstep. No more trudging for hours in a mall and soaking your tired, aching feet in hot water after! :D  What’s not to like??!

So when I saw this contest on Indiblogger about QVENDO, the luxury private shopping club website, I had to participate. The contest is about what you would buy on QVENDO if you had Rs. 50,000/- So here is my wish list:

1.    This absolutely amazing red and white candy-striped Armani Jeans dress that is totally drool-worthy! Because its feminine, eye-catching and would suit just about any figure…  And I love red. Its my favorite color right after black!  Qvendo price Rs.12,900/-

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